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US 2013/0153445 A1Published application
Packaging with affixed sorbent sachet
AssigneeMultisorb Technologies, Inc.
InventorVirginia Garner Cullison
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Abstract
A sorbent container includes a plurality of sealed pockets connected in a strip. At least one of the pockets is a filled pocket containing a quantity of sorbent material. A pocket adjacent to the filled pocket is empty.
Claims27
A package comprising:
- a sealable container having an interior surface defining a space for receiving a product;
- and
- a strip comprising a plurality of connected fillable sealed pockets disposed in the space, at least one of the pockets being a filled pocket, filled with a sorbent material, and at least one of the pockets being an empty pocket, substantially devoid of the sorbent material,
- wherein the empty pocket is fixed to a surface in the container.
1 more element
A method of packaging a product comprising:
- providing an open container;
- providing a strip of connected pockets, at least one of the pockets being a filled pocket, filled with a sorbent, and at least one of the pockets being an empty pocket;
- fixing the empty pocket to an inside of the container.
A method of making a strip of connected pockets comprising:
- providing an elongated web of preprinted packaging material;
- wrapping the web around a mandrel to form an overlapping sealing area;
- forming a longitudinal seal in the overlapping sealing area;
- forming a first lateral seal as a leading edge seal of a first pocket;
- forming a second lateral seal spaced longitudinally from the first lateral seal, the second lateral seal acting as both a trailing edge seal of the first pocket and a leading edge of a second pocket;
- forming a third lateral seal as a trailing edge of the second pocket at a longitudinal distance spaced from the second lateral seal;
- and
- filling fewer than both pockets with a predetermined amount of sorbent material.
5 more elements
A sorbent package comprising:
- a plurality of sealed pockets connected in a strip, at least one of the pockets being a filled pocket including a quantity of sorbent material and an empty pocket adjacent to the filled pocket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.